Big Turk Posted October 5, 2022 Author Posted October 5, 2022 1 minute ago, ScottLaw said: How does this even make sense? I didn’t say they are the worst supporting cast in the league. Their offensive line is below average and their Playmakers outside of Diggs are inconsistent at best. How does that makes Josh the greatest player to ever play the game? He’s arguably the best QB in the game today who does it all. Because the metrics show the Bills are fielding the 3rd best offense since 1970 this year and fielded the 15th best last year and 10th best in 2021. That would be very very hard to do without a good to very good supporting cast at minimum Quote
LABILLBACKER Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 21 minutes ago, OldTimer1960 said: They have had zero continuity on the OL since camp opened. So many missed time in camp, the presumed starters hardly played preseason, injurie during first 4 games have also prevented getting their game together. That being said, I don’t think they will ever be a top half of the league run blocking unit with the personnel they currently have. The only moment that our run game improved late last season was when Dabs decided to pull his guards & tackles on D gap outside runs. Dorsey so far has not pulled his OL....yet. Runs up the middle stand no chance. Quote
Royale with Cheese Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: How does this even make sense? I didn’t say they are the worst supporting cast in the league. Their offensive line is below average and their Playmakers outside of Diggs are inconsistent at best. How does that makes Josh the greatest player to ever play the game? He’s arguably the best QB in the game today who does it all. Top to bottom defensively they are top 3…. Probably best in the league… offensively Josh is what makes them tick, and the reason they are a top 5 unit. Because you’ve stated over and over and over and over again that our offense is good for ONLY ONE reason. Quote
Success Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 The line was terrible for awhile last season - then it wasn't. New coach, some new players - and guys have been out for a game or 2. I think they'll gel & become more of a strength. 1 Quote
ColoradoBills Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 13 minutes ago, Success said: The line was terrible for awhile last season - then it wasn't. New coach, some new players - and guys have been out for a game or 2. I think they'll gel & become more of a strength. Wow, I was prepared to just post my thoughts without having a post to reference. Thanks for that. I refuse to believe the entire OL is incapable of becoming a capable run blocking group. Once again, I will repeat that I speculate that the new OC has spent the majority of time working the passing game. I also have commented that the Steeler game is a perfect opportunity to put together some sort of running plan. The OL won't become a capable run line without the effort being put forth. 1 Quote
BADOLBILZ Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: I agree the roster is top 3 in the league…. But it is a defensive top heavy roster with a freakishly athletic QB and arguably the best one in the league…. The supporting cast around him outside of Diggs is average to below average IMO. McDermott once said WR was their fastball. One boo-boo foot and it became their fifth pitch. 1 2 Quote
HappyDays Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, MJS said: This one is cool: My takeaway from these charts is that "series conversion rate" is a poor way to rank offenses and defenses. It seemingly rewards offenses that dink and dunk their way down the field whether they get in the end zone or not, and punishes defenses that bend but don't break. DVOA is my favorite statistic but I will say it's still way too early to make sweeping judgments about supposed trends. Even analytics people recognize this - DVOA doesn't start fully adjusting for opponent until after week 10. We just finished the extended preseason portion of the regular season. The team that will eventually win the Super Bowl is not playing their best football right now. Trends will change and teams will evolve. 50% of our games have been in less than ideal conditions (in more ways than one), and there's not a ton of meaningful data to be mined from such a small sample size in even the best of statistical conditions. The Bills team that blew out the Rams and Titans and mostly scored at will against them is still there. A series of attrition and poor weather in our last two games has brought us down to earth somewhat. I don't see a long-term trend there - I see two separate sample sizes in entirely different contexts with predictably different results. Quote
LewPort71 Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 Ends of spectrum The Bills have scored the 4th most points while allowing the second fewest. Meanwhile, the Lions have scored the most and allowed the most. I'd take 3--1 over 1--3 any day. Quote
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